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shooting irons

shooting irons is the plural of shooting iron.

Meaning of shooting iron

Noun

shooting iron (plural shooting irons)

  1. (US, colloquial, dated) A firearm, especially a handgun.
    • "It ain't the rifle, Harry," Sam said good-temperedly; "it is the eye that is wrong, not the shooting-iron."1895, G. A. Henty, chapter 15, in In the Heart Of The Rockies

Questions about shooting irons

What is shooting irons the plural of?
Shooting irons is the plural of shooting iron.

Words near shooting irons in the dictionary

  1. shooting grounds
  2. shooting guard
  3. shooting guards
  4. shooting holes
  5. shooting iron
  6. shooting irons
  7. shooting match
  8. shooting matches
  9. shooting off
  10. shooting off at the mouth
  11. shooting off one's mouth

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